Photos: Baseball players featured in 'Stars and Strikes' by Dan Epstein

Mark "The Bird" Fidrych

Herb Scharfman/Sports Imagery photo

Detroit Tigers pitcher Mark "The Bird" Fidrych came to prominence in 1976 when he pitched a complete game against the New York Yankees in a 5-1 win on "Monday Night Baseball" as a 22-year-old.

Detroit Tigers pitcher Mark "The Bird" Fidrych came to prominence in 1976 when he pitched a complete game against the New York Yankees in a 5-1 win on "Monday Night Baseball" as a 22-year-old. (Herb Scharfman/Sports Imagery photo)

"Stars and Strikes" by Dan Epstein focuses on baseball during the United States' bicentennial year, 1976, and the cast of characters who played the game that year. READ: Dan Epstein on "Stars and Strikes"